Marine & Cannon Books Celebrating 35 Years of Bookselling 1983 ~ 2018 Catalogue 150 ~Spring & Summer 2018 NAVAL ~ MARITIME Fine & Rare MILITARY & AVIATION Antiquarian & BOOKSELLERS Out-of-Print Est. 1983 Books & Ephemera Front Cover Illustration : Caricature of ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE YOUNG (1732-1810) Drawn by Cooke & Published by Deighton, Charing Cross, January 1809. Item No. V457 MARINE & CANNON BOOKS CATALOGUE 150 {Incorporating Eric Lander Est. 1959 & Attic Books Est. 1995} Proprietors: Michael & Vivienne Nash and Diane Churchill-Evans, M.A. Naval & Maritime Dept: Military & Aviation Dept: Marine & Cannon Books Marine & Cannon Books “Nilcoptra” Square House Farm 3 Marine Road Tattenhall Lane HOYLAKE TATTENHALL Wirral CH47 2AS Cheshire CH3 9NH England England Tel: 0151 632 5365 Tel: 01829 771 109 Fax: 0151 632 6472 Fax: 01829 771 991 Em: [email protected] Em: [email protected] Established: 1983. Website : www.marinecannon.com VAT Reg. 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We cannot be held responsible for any loss or theft of data that may occur as a result. If emailing your card details is your only option, please contact us for advice. Thank you. <> Items with this symbol are illustrated CONTENTS : Naval & Maritime Books : Pages 4 to 104 Military Books : Pages 105 to 150 Aviation Books : Pages 151 to 174 Ephemera (all sections) : Pages 174 to 184 Naval & Maritime sections compiled by Michael Nash ; Military & Aviation sections compiled by Diane Churchill-Evans 2 ORDER FORM Orders can be placed by Telephone – or by Post, Fax or Email (using this form if you wish). Payment may be made by Cheque, Credit/Debit Card, Wire Transfer or by PayPal ([email protected]) [ See inside front cover for further details ] BLOCK LETTERS PLEASE. 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In the section below for example, we are including a number of naval books from the extensive shelves of Dr. Nicholas Rodger, who, owing to an internal move within All Souls College, has culled a certain number of books no longer required for his naval research. Nicholas is a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls, Oxford ; one of Britain’s most eminent naval historians ; and author of a number of critically acclaimed works on naval history, from the 6th century to the present day. All the books from the Library are either signed by Dr. Rodger or are presentation copies inscribed to him. Naval & Maritime Books Salving a German destroyer in Scapa Flow. An original Postcard by C. W. Burrows, available from stock. Enquire for details. Lord St. Vincent at the Admiralty in 1804 – Rare Pamphlet – No Copy on COPAC {1} Anonymous. AN ANSWER TO MR. PITT’S ATTACK UPON EARL ST. VINCENT, AND THE ADMIRALTY, IN HIS MOTION FOR AN ENQUIRY INTO THE STATE OF THE NAVAL DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY, ON THE 15TH OF MARCH, 1804. London: Published by Henry Ebers, (successor to Mr. John Kerby,) No. 33, Old Bond Street. 1st.ed., 1804. Half-title, title, + 58 pp. 19th century qtr. morocco ; maroon title-piece to spine ; gold lettering ; blind device either end of title-piece ; marbled boards. 21 x 13cm. Some rubbing of joints but sound hinges & o/w V.G. Two bookplates including that for the late Donald Fyffe. John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent, served as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1801 to 1804. During that period of high controversy and political intrigue, he made attempts to tackle corruption in the Royal Dockyards and elsewhere. In 1801 William Pitt resigned as Prime Minister and George III called upon Henry Addington to form a government. St. Vincent accepted the post at the Admiralty in Addington’s cabinet. After war resumed in 1803 politics played an even greater part in St. Vincent’s efforts, and Pitt attacked Addington and his first lord at the Admiralty in an attempt to regain power. From this period, St. Vincent’s 4 naval administration was under constant fire both in the press and in Parliament. Pitt made accusations that with the renewal of hostilities naval mobilization had been slow and patchy. Contracts with private yards had been cancelled in favour of the Royal Dockyards in the name of economy. Price checks on ship timber had seriously affected supplies from outside contractors. The pressure increased during the opening months of 1804 when Lord Spencer joined the fray and Evan Nepean, secretary to the Admiralty, resigned. On the 15th March 1804 – the date referred to in the title - in moving for a comparative return of ships built, Pitt attacked St. Vincent’s policies which were daily weakening Addington’s government. Some naval officers also sided with Pitt, most notably Lord Nelson. This pamphlet, possibly written by St. Vincent’s secretary, Tucker, was an attempt to justify St. Vincent’s position and to state his side of the argument. However, it was in vain. Addington resigned less than two months later and St. Vincent left office two months to the day – 15th May 1804. Within a year the political repercussions from publication of the reports of the commission set up to revise the civil affairs of the Navy (See No. 2 below) led to the resignation and impeachment of Lord Melville, St. Vincent’s successor at the Admiralty. Although St. Vincent was out of office, the attacks on him did not cease and it was only in the post-Trafalgar era that the tide of opinion changed in the Earl’s favour and Charles James Fox moved an unopposed vote of thanks to St. Vincent for his administration. This book gives St. Vincent’s side of the argument. It deals in some detail with equipping ships and raising seamen, dock yard shipbuilding contracts, the question of gun-boats and coastal defence, the force of the Royal Navy and that of the enemy, the number of shipwrights employed, and other matters concerning naval defence. There are many interesting facts and figures published in support of St. Vincent, including a detailed list of the number of ships and vessels in the Navy of 1804 in comparison to earlier on in the conflict. RARE. No copy on COPAC. £350.00 Five of St. Vincent’s Reports on Corruption in the Royal Dockyards, 1804-1806. {2} <> Anonymous. FIRST REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR REVISING AND DIGESTING THE CIVIL AFFAIRS OF HIS MAJESTY’S NAVY (13 JUNE 1805) ; bound in with : SECOND REPORT … (6 FEBRUARY 1806) ; bound in with : SEVENTH REPORT… (11 JULY 1804). Also, in a separate volume : NINTH REPORT… (16 JANUARY 1805) ; bound in with : TENTH REPORT… (13 FEBRUARY 1805) TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE UPON THE TENTH REPORT. 2 Vols., 5 Reports, 1st eds., 1804, 1805 & 1806.